47 CFR § 69.703 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s69.703"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 69.703 - Definitions."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "69.703"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "COMMON CARRIER SERVICES"
part_number: "69"
part_name: "ACCESS CHARGES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, 220, 254, 403."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 10358, Mar. 11, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "69"
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# 69.703 Definitions.
For purposes of this subpart:
(a) *Channel terminations.* (1) A channel termination between an IXC POP and a serving wire center is a dedicated channel connecting an IXC POP and a serving wire center, offered for purposes of carrying special access traffic.
(2) A channel termination between a LEC end office and a customer premises is a dedicated channel connecting a LEC end office and a customer premises, offered for purposes of carrying special access traffic.
(b) *Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).* This term shall have the definition provided in § 22.909(a) of this chapter.
(c) *Interexchange Carrier Point of Presence (IXC POP).* The point of interconnection between an interexchange carrier's network and a local exchange carrier's network.
(d) *Wire center.* For purposes of this subpart, the term “wire center” shall refer to any location at which an incumbent LEC is required to provide expanded interconnection for special access pursuant to § 64.1401(a) of this chapter, and any location at which an incumbent LEC is required to provide expanded interconnection for switched transport pursuant to § 64.1401(b)(1) of this chapter.
(e) *Study area.* A common carrier's entire service area within a state.